assist any local, State or Federal law enforcement officer or
park police officer or otherwise has probable cause to
believe that the other officer is in need of aid or
assistance.]:
(i) has been requested to aid or assist a Federal,
State or local law enforcement officer or park police
officer;
(ii) has probable cause to believe that a Federal,
State or local law enforcement officer or park police
officer is in need of aid or assistance; or
(iii) has been requested to participate in a
Federal, State or local task force.
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Section 2. Sections 8953.1(a)(2) and 8953.2(a)(1) of Title
42, added June 28, 2018 (P.L.415, No.57), are amended to read:
§ 8953.1. Nonmunicipal police extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(a) Power and authority.--In addition to a power and
authority vested by law, a nonmunicipal police officer who is
within this Commonwealth, but beyond the territorial limit of
the jurisdiction established for the officer's nonmunicipal
police department by law, shall have the power and authority to
enforce the laws of this Commonwealth or to perform a function
of a municipal police officer in the following circumstances:
* * *
(2) If the officer [has been requested to immediately
aid or assist a Federal, State or local law enforcement
officer or park police officer or has probable cause to
believe that the other officer is in need of aid or
assistance.]:
(i) has been requested to immediately aid or assist
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